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Margaret FitzGERALD 1472 – 1542 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1472

Birth Location: Castletown, County Kildare, Ireland

Death Date: 9 AUG 1542

Death Location: St. Canice, Kilkenny, Ireland

Father: Gerald FitzGERALD

Mother: Alison FitzEUSTACE

Spouse(s): Piers Ormonde

Children(s): Ellice Butler, Catherine Butler, Ralph Butler, Catherine Butler, Archbishop Butler, Archbishop Butler, Margaret Butler, Joan Butler, James Butler, Thomas Butter, Thomas Butler, Sir Butler,, Helen Butler, James Ormonde, Eleanor Butler, Marion Butler, James, &, Richard Butler, Walter Nodstaun, James Duisk, Edvard Ballinakhinch, Pierce Grantston

In 1472, Margaret FitzGERALD entered the world in Castletown, County Kildare, Ireland, born to Gerald FitzMaurice FitzGERALD and Alison FitzEUSTACE. Margaret FitzGERALD married Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormonde, and had children including Ellice Butler, Catherine Butler, Ralph Butler, Catherine Butler, Archbishop Edmund Butler, Archbishop Edmund Butler, Margaret Butler, Joan Butler, James Butler, Thomas Butter, Thomas Butler, Sir Thomas Dedham Butler,, Helen Butler, James Butler Viscont Thurles, 9th Earl of Ormonde, Eleanor Butler, Marion Butler, James, " The Lame", Chief Butler de Ireland. Lord High Treauser, Viscount Turles &, Richard Butler, Walter Nodstaun, James Duisk, Edvard Ballinakhinch, Pierce Grantston. Margaret FitzGERALD passed away in 1542 in St. Canice, Kilkenny, Ireland.

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Biography

  • In 1472, Margaret FitzGERALD entered the world in Castletown, County Kildare, Ireland, born to Gerald FitzMaurice FitzGERALD and Alison FitzEUSTACE.
  • Margaret FitzGERALD married Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormonde, and had children including Ellice Butler, Catherine Butler, Ralph Butler, Catherine Butler, Archbishop Edmund Butler, Archbishop Edmund Butler, Margaret Butler, Joan Butler, James Butler, Thomas Butter, Thomas Butler, Sir Thomas Dedham Butler,, Helen Butler, James Butler Viscont Thurles, 9th Earl of Ormonde, Eleanor Butler, Marion Butler, James, " The Lame", Chief Butler de Ireland. Lord High Treauser, Viscount Turles &, Richard Butler, Walter Nodstaun, James Duisk, Edvard Ballinakhinch, Pierce Grantston.
  • Margaret FitzGERALD passed away in 1542 in St. Canice, Kilkenny, Ireland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Gerald FitzGERALD
1456 – 1513
Birth Location: Castletown, County Kildare, Ireland
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Alison FitzEUSTACE
1458 – 1495
Birth Location: Harristown, Kildare, Ireland
AF

Spouses(s)

Piers Ormonde
1467 – 1539
Birth Location: Dedham, Essex, England, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Ellice Butler
1481 – 1530
Birth Location: Dedham, Essex, England
EB
Catherine Butler
1487 – 1553
Birth Location: –
CB
Ralph Butler
1487 – 1559
Birth Location: Kilkenny, Ireland
RB
Catherine Butler
1488 – 1552
Birth Location: Balmagir, Wexford, Ireland
CB
Archbishop Butler
1490 – 1551
Birth Location: –
AB
Archbishop Butler
1490 – 1551
Birth Location: Leinster, Kildare, Ireland
AB
Margaret Butler
1491 – 1580
Birth Location: Kilkenny, Leinster, Kildare, Ireland
MB
Joan Butler
1495 –
Birth Location: Gowran, Kilkenny, Ireland
JB
James Butler
1496 – 1546
Birth Location: Ormond, Kerry, Munster, Ireland
JB
Thomas Butter
1500 – 1555
Birth Location: Dedham, Essex, England, United Kingdom
TB
Thomas Butler
1500 – 1555
Birth Location: Dedham, Essex, England, United Kingdom
TB
Sir Butler,
1500 – 1555
Birth Location: Dedham, Essex, England, United Kingdom
SB
Helen Butler
1501 – 1597
Birth Location: Dedham, Essex, England, United Kingdom
HB
James Ormonde
1504 – 1546
Birth Location: –
JO
Eleanor Butler
1504 – 1558
Birth Location: Dedham, Essex, England
EB
Marion Butler
1504 –
Birth Location: Halstead, Essex, England
MB
James, &
1504 – 1546
Birth Location: Cork, Cork, Ireland
J&
Richard Butler
1552 – 1571
Birth Location: County Tipperary, Ireland
RB
Walter Nodstaun
– 1560
Birth Location: –
WN
James Duisk
– 1567
Birth Location: –
JD
Edvard Ballinakhinch
Birth Location: –
EB
Pierce Grantston
Birth Location: –
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Margaret FitzGERALD's Ancestors

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Margaret FitzGERALD
1472 – 1542
Birth Place: Castletown, County Kildare, Ireland
Parents
Gerald FitzMaurice FitzGERALD
1456 – 1513
Castletown, County Kildare, Ireland
Alison FitzEUSTACE
1458 – 1495
Harristown, Kildare, Ireland
Grandparents
Sir (Thomas Kildare) FitzGERALD
1408 – 1478
Leinster, Kildare, Ireland (May Nooth, of May Nooth, Ireland)
Joan FitzGERALD
1430 – 1486
County Kerry, Ireland
Roland ((Rowland)) Fitzeustace
1415 – 1496
Westmeath, Meath, Ireland
Joan Bellew
– 1501
County Westmeath, Ireland
Great-Grandparents
John Fitzgerald
1365 – 1427
Margaret Hearne
1386 – 1409
James Fitzgerald
1380 – 1462
Mary Burgh
1390 – 1435
Edward FitzEustace
1390 – 1454
John Bellew
1392 – 1463
Margaret Fitzgerald
1395 – 1442
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Maurice FitzGerald,
1318 – 1390
Elizabeth Burghersh
1342 – 1409
Gerald FitzGerald
1340 – 1432
Alianore Butler
1338 – 1392
Ulick Burgh
1364 – 1429
Egelina Courtenay
1405 – 1452
Roland FitzEustace
1365 – 1404
John Bellew
1370 –
Margaret Lawrence
1372 – 1392
John Fitzgerald
1366 – 1427
Bourchier
1370 –

Margaret FitzGERALD's Descendants

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Margaret FitzGERALD (1472 – 9 AUG 1542) m. Piers (Butler, 8th Earl of) Ormonde (APR 1467 – 26 AUG 1539)
  1. 1. Ellice Butler (1481 – 1530) m. Gerald Fitzgerald (ABT 1477 – ) m. McMorrish (ABT 1499 – ABT 1569)
  2. 2. Catherine Butler (1487 – 17 MAR 1553) m. Richard Power (1485 – 10 NOV 1539)
  3. 3. Ralph Butler (1487 – 1559)
  4. 4. Catherine Butler (1488 – 17 MAR 1552)
  5. 5. Archbishop (Edmund) Butler (1490 – 1551)
  6. 6. Archbishop (Edmund) Butler (1490 – 1551)
  7. 7. Margaret Butler (1491 – 1580) m. Barnaby Fitzpatrick (1500 – ) m. Richard (Mor de) Burgh (BEF 1501 – 1530) m. Thomas (FitzMaurice Fitz) Gerald (1500 – )
  8. 8. Joan Butler (1495 – ) m. James Butler (1490 – 15 JAN 1538)
  9. 9. James Butler (1496 – 28 OCT 1546) m. Joan Fitzgerald (1509 – 2 JAN 1565)
  10. 10. Thomas Butter (1500 – 15 OCT 1555) m. Joane Sutton (1504 – 1539) m. Marion Willes (ABT 1504 – AFT 20 AUG 1555) m. Joane (Marian) Sutton (1504 – 15 OCT 1555) m. Elizabeth (Sutton) Dudley (ABT 1500 – AFT 1522) m. Joane (ABT 1504 – ) m. Joane Butter (1504 – ) m. Joane (ABT 1504 – ) m. Joane (ABT 1504 – ) m. Joane (ABT 1504 – ) m. Joanne Bagot (ABT 1499 – ABT 1532) m. Eleanor (De Le) Veares (1484 – 1570)
  11. 11. Thomas Butler (1500 – 15 OCT 1555) m. Joane Sutton (1504 – 1539)
    1. 1. William Butler (ABT 1521 – 8 NOV 1594) m. Ann Gurdon (1521 – 22 AUG 1563) m. Marion Willes (ABT 1524 – 10 NOV 1606)
    2. 2. William Butter (ABT 1521 – 8 NOV 1594) m. Alice Gurdon (ABT 1526 – 1561) m. Ann (ABT 1524 – AUG 1563) m. Marian
    3. 3. Miss Butler (1523 – ) m. Wulman (ABT 1516 – AFT 20 AUG 1555) m. Wulman (ABT 1518 – 20 AUG 1555) m. Wolman (ABT 1525 – ) m. Living m. Living m. Living m. Walman
    4. 4. John Butler (1525 – 12 OCT 1579) m. Elizabeth Worth (1529 – )
      1. 1. John (Sherman) Butter (25 JUN 1550 – 1579)
        1. 1. Grace Butler (1575 – ) m. James Neale (1574 – )
        2. 2. Nicholas (Stephen) Butler (29 AUG 1575 – 1633)
      2. 2. Agneta Budder (1551 – 1576) m. Edward (Richard) Wright (1547 – 1576)
      3. 3. Mary Butter (ABT 1551 – )
    5. 5. Alice Butter (1527 – 1556) m. Christopher Percyvall (ABT 1520 – AFT 1557)
    6. 6. Margaret Butler (1537 – 17 MAY 1578) m. William Baxter (1539 or 1559 – 6 MAY 1583)
      1. 1. Margaret Baxter (1567 – ) m. Robert Brooke ( – AFT 1599)
      2. 2. Susanna Baxter (22 APR 1575 – 1600) m. Zachary Goodyear (1573 – 23 JUL 1613)
        1. 1. Goodyeare (12 OCT 1597 – 12 OCT 1597)
        2. 2. Stephen Goodyear (26 NOV 1598 – 27 MAY 1657) m. Mary Hopkins (1603 – 27 MAY 1646)
        3. 3. John Goodyear ( – BEF 23 JUN 1627) m. Anne (ABT 1601 – )
      3. 3. Luke Baxter
      4. 4. John Baxter
      5. 5. Baxter
      6. 6. Lewys Baxter
      7. 7. Grace Baxter m. Robert Gregory
      8. 8. Sara Baxter
      9. 9. Wylliam Baxster ( – 29 APR 1578)
      10. 10. Ellyne Baxter
    7. 7. Alice (Lucy) Butler (ABT 1542 – ) m. Thomas Thomson (ABT 1538 – )
  12. 12. Sir (Thomas Dedham) Butler, (1500 – 15 OCT 1555) m. Joane (Marian) Sutton (1504 – 15 OCT 1555) m. Joane Butler (1504 – ) m. Joane Sutton (1504 – 1539) m. Marion (1506 – )
  13. 13. Helen Butler (1501 – 2 JUL 1597) m. Thomas Bodiege (1502 – 1558) m. Sir (Domhnall MacConchobhair) O'Brien (1515 – 1 APR 1553)
  14. 14. James (Butler Viscont Thurles, 9th Earl of) Ormonde (1504 – 1546)
  15. 15. Eleanor Butler (1504 – 1558)
  16. 16. Marion Butler (1504 – )
  17. 17. James, (" The Lame", Chief Butler de Ireland. Lord High Treauser, Viscount Turles) & (20 JUL 1504 – 28 OCT 1546)
  18. 18. Richard Butler (1552 – 20 DEC 1571)
  19. 19. Walter Nodstaun ( – 1560)
  20. 20. James Duisk ( – 1567)
  21. 21. Edvard Ballinakhinch
  22. 22. Pierce Grantston

Margaret FitzGERALD's Timeline

2 Records

1472
1472
Birth of Margaret FitzGERALD in Castletown, County Kildare, Ireland
Castletown, County Kildare, Ireland
1542
9 AUG 1542
Age 70
Death of Margaret FitzGERALD in St. Canice, Kilkenny, Ireland
St. Canice, Kilkenny, Ireland

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Title

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1472
    Event Place: Castletown, County Kildare, Ireland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 AUG 1542
    Event Place: St. Canice, Kilkenny, Ireland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: St. Candice, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland
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